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When I double click on my local drive, I get the open with window!

By
Ghiath
 – July 16, 2008Posted in: Security, Troubleshooting, Virus & AntiVirus
When I double click on my local drive, I get the open with window!

This is a common problem which is usually associated with autorun.inf. If you  have a persistent problem with opening your drive, it’s advisable to have a look to the other articles in the Troubleshooting category. If you don’t please continue reading this article:

The problem usually happen when you double click on your local drive. A message just like the one shown below will appear. Before you try these steps, try to right click on drive and click on the “Explore” option. If that didn’t work for you follow these steps:


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Simple tip to protect from Autorun.inf viruses

By
Ghiath
 – June 30, 2008Posted in: Security, Troubleshooting, Virus & AntiVirus
Simple tip to protect from Autorun.inf viruses

External memory devices are common virus distribution method. Once you open an infected memory device the Autorun.inf will copy the virus to your machine and it will get infected as well.

However, there’s a very simple protection method that doesn’t require any third-party software.

First, you have to enable viewing hidden and protected files. You can do this simply by enabling two options from Folder Options as shown in the following image:


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The perfect virus immunization for your computer – Part 3 – TrendMicro System Cleaner

By
Ghiath
 – February 11, 2008Posted in: Computers & Internet, Security, Virus & AntiVirus
The perfect virus immunization for your computer – Part 3 – TrendMicro System Cleaner

We’ve featured so far two products for securing computers, Kaspersky Internet Security and PC Tools Spyware Doctor. These two products are very helpful if your operating system is working fine. But what if your computer is damaged badly by a virus or a worm and you can’t even start your Microsoft Windows in “Normal Mode” or that virus is not letting you install applications.

In order to scan your computer with Trend Micro System Cleaner, you have to download sysclean.com and download the latest pattern file from Trend Micro’s website. Extract the Zip archive of the pattern file and put the the two files on the same directory and execute sysclean.com.

Now, Trend Micros Sytem Cleaner windows should appear on the screen. Just click on scan to scan all your files or click on advanced to choose more advanced options.

Once Sysclean finished scanning your computer an log file will be generated. You can click on “View Log” to see the scan result.

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How to enable Google Adsense with Kaspersky Internet Security

By
Ghiath
 – February 9, 2008Posted in: Computers & Internet, Security, Virus & AntiVirus
How to enable Google Adsense with Kaspersky Internet Security

There are a lot of users including me who faced trouble trying to see Google Adsense Ads while they are using Kaspersky Internet Security. The reason for this is that Kaspersky’s Anti-Banner is blocking the script for Google Adsense Syndication. However, the solution for this problem is very simple and here are the steps to enable Adsense with KIS.

Step 1:

Open Kaspersly Internet Security Firewall Settings and click on Configure as shown in the image below:

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The perfect virus immunization for your computer – Part 2 – Spyware Doctor

By
Ghiath
 – February 7, 2008Posted in: Computers & Internet, Security, Virus & AntiVirus
The perfect virus immunization for your computer – Part 2 – Spyware Doctor

Spyware Doctor

I consider Spyware Doctor the most powerful against spyware, tracking cookies and suspicious applications I’ve tried so far. Too many things make this tool a frontline for defeating threats.

Advantages:

A. Excellent Threat Detection: Spyware Doctor is very effective against spyware, malware and tracking cookies. The good thing about this tool is that it installs itself as a Windows service and checks every single file from startup to shutdown. The OnGuard feature give this tool extra power for detecting threats from Browsers, Cookies, KeyLoggers, Networks and Malicious applications.

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Top 20 Viruses for January 2008

By
Ghiath
 – February 6, 2008Posted in: Hot News, Security, Virus & AntiVirus
Top 20 Viruses for January 2008

According to VirusList.com , these are the top 20 viruses for January 2008:

For the second month in a row, representatives of the new Trojan-Downloader family Diehard have been creating a considerable stir in mail traffic.

December 2007 Top Twenty contain three variants of this program; yet another variant has joined the rankings in the first month of 2008. The unknown authors are using exactly the same approach which made families such as Warezov and Zhelatin so successful two years ago – conducting a multitude of very short lived mass-mailings. However, in contrast to Warezov, we’re not yet seeing ten new variants of Diehard every day.

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